Date: Fri 28-Mar-1997
Date: Fri 28-Mar-1997
Author: SHANNON
Publication: Bee
Illustration: C
Location: A13
Quick Words:
Marilyn-Manson-Road
Full Text:
ON THE ROAD FOR MARCH 28
Start the face painting.
MARILYN MANSON tickets go on sale Saturday morning for the band's May 7
concert at the Meadows Music Theatre in Hartford. MM will be the last indoor
show of the season, after which the walls will be opened. HELMET will open the
show, which starts at 7:30, and what's being billed as a "musical interlude"
will be provided by RASPUTINA.
All tickets for the show are $23, and there are limited mosh pit tickets
available. The Meadows does a pretty good job setting up a mosh pit for some
of its shows: Some of the front-most rows of seats on the floor are pulled
out, a temporary divider is erected (keeping moshers in, non-ticket holding
mosher wannabes out), and security does a good job keeping control around the
pit.
Indoor-outdoor show announcements are also starting to trickle out of the
promotions office from Hartford. DAVE MATTHEWS will return to Hartford June 9
(note: the same day of your favorite On The Road columnist's birthday), and
THE WHO is very possible for an August show. No date, no tickets yet on that
one.
The AGNOSTIC FRONT show at Tuxedo Junction on April 20 is an early show, and
for good reason. While AF may be the headliner for that "Hardcore Superbowl,"
also appearing on the bill is THE BUSINESS, WAR ZONE, 25 TA LIFE and
HATEBREED.
Proposition of the week: Where does a 14-year old go after being named world
champion, at anything, whether it is figure skating or playing Mortal Kombat??
Until next week, I'll be seeing you... on the road.
Questions and comments concerning "On The Road" (or anything music related)
should be sent to Shannon Hicks, c/o Bee Publishing Co., 5 Church Hill Road,
Newtown 06470, or send me your cyber thoughts at editor @thebee.com (put
Attention Shannon on the subject line). Include a phone number for
confirmation, por favor . If you don't have a stamp or a piece of paper or a
writing utensil that works, give me a call! Phone number at the office is
426-3141. Leave a name, though, because anonymous messages left with the
receptionist don't cut it.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
MARCH 28 - .38 Special at Toad's Place, New Haven; Wonderama at Tuxedo
Junction, Danbury;
March 29 - Foam at Tuxedo Junction, Pretzel Logic opening.
APRIL 3 - Big Head Todd & The Monsters at Toad's Place, New Haven, Nil Lara
opening; Mac Creek at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;
April 4 - Metallica at the Hartford Civic Center, Corrosion of Conformity
opening; The Radiators at Toad's Place, New Haven; The Nerds at Tuxedo
Junction;
April 5 - The Touch at Tuxedo Junction;
April 8 - The Samples at Toad's Place (all ages);
April 11 - Bush at the New Haven Coliseum, Veruca Salt opening; Fiction at
Tuxedo Junction;
April 12 - The Zoo at Tuxedo Junction;
April 13 - Fountains of Wayne at Toad's Place;
April 14 - Soul Asylum at Toad's Place, Johnny Brave opening (all ages);
April 18 - Ani DiFranco at The Palace, New Haven; Foam at Tuxedo Junction;
April 19 - Widespread Panic at The Palace; Bob Dylan at the University of
Hartford; Belly Button at Tuxedo Junction;
April 20 - Agnostic Front at Tuxedo Junction (all ages, early); Strutter at
Toad's Place, Devlyn Grace opening; Radio 104 Earth Day in the Park, Bushnell
Park, Hartford;
April 21 - Dinosaur Jr at Toad's Place (all ages);
April 22 - Dick Dale at Toad's Place;
April 24 - Wescon Cabaret at Tuxedo Junction;
April 25 - Wonderama at Tuxedo Junction;
April 26 - Paradise Alley at Tuxedo Junction.
MAY 2 - Marshall Tucker Band at Toad's Place, New Haven, Johnson Building Band
opening;
May 7 - Marilyn Manson at the Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford (no tickets
yet);
May 9 - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers at Toad's Place, Smokin Opey and
Cross-Eyed Cat opening;
May 10 - Ray Davies at UHartford/Lincoln Theatre.
AUGUST 27 - Jimmy Buffett at the Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford.